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VOORHEES – If ever the Flyers needed a power play to be functioning at high level, it’s now.
Faced with almost the impossible task of overcoming a six-point deficit for a playoff spot with just 10 games to play, the Flyers have not been efficient with...

If there’s one team you need to play mistake-free hockey against, it’s the defending Stanley Cup champion Washington Capitals.
Which is exactly what the Flyers didn’t do on Thursday night.
Two of the Caps’ four goals came off glaring errors and that...

Jake Voracek still isn’t quite sure what he did wrong, but apparently the National Hockey League does.
On Wednesday, the league told Voracek it would uphold the second game of his two-game suspension, meaning he won’t be available for Thursday’s...

He might be just 20 years old and he hasn’t played in 20 days, but that doesn’t mean the Flyers are going to baby Carter Hart back into the lineup.
It’s “Here you go, kid, have at those Metro Division-leading Washington Capitals.’’
That’s what head...

When you’re missing a major part of your offense, namely Jake Voracek, it never hurts to get big contributions from a couple of third-liners.
Michael Raffl, playing in his 400th NHL game, and Scott Laughton, who set a new career-high for goals in a...

Initially, Jake Voracek called the incident something out of “Wrestlemania,” but over the last couple days it’s turned into something more like “Law & Order.”
On Monday, a day after Voracek was suspended two games for a collision with New York...

Flyers forward Jake Voracek was suspended for two games without pay by the NHL on Sunday for interference against New York Islanders defenseman Johnny Boychuk.
Voracek was assessed a major penalty for interference in the third period of the Flyers' 5-2...

A glance at the final score might lead one to think the Flyers used overwhelming offense to beat the Islanders for the second time in less than a week on Saturday night.
But even though the Flyers posted five goals on the Metro Division powerhouse, it...

When they ask a captain to lead by example, they’re not just talking about performance.
They’re referring to the old adage, “if you can play, you can play.’’
In other words, a leader should battle through the normal bumps and bruises on a nightly basis....

There was more suspense than a daytime TV soap opera, at least for those outside the Flyers’ locker room.
Was Jake Voracek going to make an appearance at Friday morning’s practice, a sure sign he was good to go for Saturday’s game at the New York...

Practice does not always make perfect, particularly in the cases of Nolan Patrick and Carter Hart.
Both took part in full practice on Thursday at the Skate Zone, but that doesn’t mean either one will be ready to go when the Flyers play again, which is...

Nolan Patrick doesn’t like to sit, and neither does Carter Hart.
That’s why both were walking around the Flyers’ locker room with smiles on their faces Wednesday morning as they pulled off their equipment.
The two young players, recovering from...

The last thing the Flyers needed was long-term injury absences of two of their star players.
So there was a collective sigh of relief on Tuesday morning when general manager Chuck Fletcher announced that both Jake Voracek, who had a 242-game ironman...

If Brian Elliott is looking for goaltending work next season, he certainly put a gold star on his resume Sunday afternoon.
Forget about that 4-1 final score in the Flyers’ favor against the Metro Division-leading Islanders. To use an old cliché, the...

There was a time not so long ago when some people wondered if all the draft picks used on teenaged defense prospects were going to pay off for Ron Hextall.
After all, the former general manager of the Flyers had stockpiled a bundle of them, including...

Considering the dire position the Flyers are in, all games are important.
But given that the Flyers have a record of just 6-9-1 in the Metropolitan Division and 16-17-3 against the Eastern Conference, it’s easy to see why the Flyers’ upcoming schedule is...

Carter Hart didn’t have time to buy thank you cards but if he did, he would have sent one to each of his teammates on Saturday.
During the most recent four games of his personal winning streak, which reached an NHL rookie record-tying eight (for...

Interesting how the timing of this Flyers eight-game winning streak comes only a few weeks before the NHL trade deadline.
Just 10 days ago, general manager Chuck Fletcher told media he wasn’t sure if he was going to be a seller or buyer at the Feb. 25...

The New England Patriots just won their sixth Super Bowl, but that won’t stop the prognosticators in Las Vegas from thinking about next season. Plus, odds on the 2019 NBA Championship and Stanley Cup Final.
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The question that seems to be on everyone’s mind these days is: Where was this sort of play back in October when the Flyers got off to their terrible start?
Riding a seven-game winning streak heading into Monday night’s game against Vancouver, the Flyers...